The State of Alabama is requiring Hospitals to provide death certificates electronically. The Funeral Homes and Hospitals were notified in November 2019 of the change. The date for go live was January 1, 2020. This gave the medical staff time to set up in the system. Occasionally we will have a ER physician who has just been privileged that will need to sign up at the last moment due to a death in the ER. The State has notified everyone that a paper death certificate can take up to 8 weeks to complete.
Donna Crew RHIA
Director of HIS
Privacy Officer
ICD-10 Trainer
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
P.O. Box 2208
Anniston, AL 36202-2208
Cell 205-527-3818
Telephone: (256) 235-5373
Fax: (256) 231-8874
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